Department of Justice Announces Religious Liberty Commission’s Second Public Meeting
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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) will hold the second meeting of the Religious Liberty Commission on September 8, 2025. This meeting will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the World Stage Theater, Museum of the Bible, 400 4th St. SW, Washington, DC 20024.
The meeting is open to the public. Those who wish to attend in person must register ahead of time on the Religious Liberty Commission’s website at https://www.justice.gov/religious-liberty-commission. Only the first 300 people who register will be allowed to attend in person. Attendees must show identification and go through a security screening before entering.
The meeting will also be recorded and available to watch live at justice.gov/live.
Media guests are required to register with the Office of Public Affairs before September 5, 2025, at 5 p.m. Media must also present a government-issued photo ID and valid media credentials, and go through security.
For more information about the meeting or to request a reasonable accommodation to attend, contact Mary Margaret Bush, the Designated Federal Officer for the Religious Liberty Commission, at 202-297-3196 or by email.
The Religious Liberty Commission was created by the President through Executive Order 14291. The Commission has a chair, a vice chair, 11 members appointed by the President from private and public sectors, plus three ex-officio members. The Commission’s goal is to advise the Domestic Policy Council and the White House Faith Office on important religious liberty policies in the United States.
The Commission will provide a full report to the President. The report will cover the foundations of religious liberty in America, the effects of religious liberty on American society, current threats to domestic religious liberty, ways to protect religious liberty in the future, and ideas for programs to promote and celebrate America’s religious diversity.
The main topic for this meeting will be religious liberty in public education. The Commission will hear from parents and students. Panels will include elementary, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate students. Experts in religious liberty and public education will also give testimonies. The goal is to understand the history of religious liberty in public schools, identify current threats, and find opportunities to protect religious liberty in schools for the future.
The public can send in written comments about religious liberty in public education. Comments must be sent by September 1, 2025. They can be emailed to the Commission or mailed to: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Associate Attorney General, ATTN: Religious Liberty Commission, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room 5706, Washington, DC 20530.
This meeting notice is published as required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
Dated: July 28, 2025.
Mary Margaret Bush,
Designated Federal Officer, Religious Liberty Commission.
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